I'll take my chances with a 90-95% effective vaccine over gaining immunity via full-blown infection.
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Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
But you’ve got like a 99.5% of survival. So either way you’re likely goodI'll take my chances with a 90-95% effective vaccine over gaining immunity via full-blown infection.
Didn't keep me from getting a flu shot either this year.But you’ve got like a 99.5% of survival. So either way you’re likely good
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Theoretical is one thing, real life is another. These are the same experts that haven't solved the bed bug problem, lice problems, or venereal disease running rampant.From the CDC:
COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets. Respiratory droplets travel into the air when you cough, sneeze, talk, shout, or sing. These droplets can then land in the mouths or noses of people who are near you or they may breathe these droplets in.
Masks are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others. Studies show that masks reduce the spray of droplets when worn over the nose and mouth.
COVID-19 ARCHIVED WEBPAGE
This historical page is not up to date. Find the latest on COVID-19.www.cdc.gov
From the Mayo Clinic:
Can face masks help slow the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19? Yes, face masks combined with other preventive measures, such as frequent hand-washing and social distancing, help slow the spread of the virus.
Can face masks protect against COVID-19?
Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and how to use them.www.mayoclinic.org
From Johns Hopkins:
Yes, face masks help prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. If you are infected with the coronavirus and do not know it, a mask is very good at keeping your respiratory droplets and particles from infecting others. A mask can also be somewhat effective in preventing germs from getting into your nose and mouth that come from another person’s respiratory droplets.
Face Masks FAQs
The most recent recommendations related to prevention against the spread of COVID-19 include wearing cloth masks as an added measure of protection, particularly in areas of significant transmission.www.hopkinsmedicine.org
Pretty much every major medical institution will tell you the same thing. But it's a free country, so you can certainly choose to ignore the experts and take the advice of some anonymous truck drivers on an internet forum.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
From the CDC:
COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets. Respiratory droplets travel into the air when you cough, sneeze, talk, shout, or sing. These droplets can then land in the mouths or noses of people who are near you or they may breathe these droplets in.
Masks are a simple barrier to help prevent your respiratory droplets from reaching others. Studies show that masks reduce the spray of droplets when worn over the nose and mouth.
COVID-19 ARCHIVED WEBPAGE
This historical page is not up to date. Find the latest on COVID-19.
From the Mayo Clinic:
Can face masks help slow the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19? Yes, face masks combined with other preventive measures, such as frequent hand-washing and social distancing, help slow the spread of the virus.
Can face masks protect against COVID-19?
Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and how to use them.
From Johns Hopkins:
Yes, face masks help prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. If you are infected with the coronavirus and do not know it, a mask is very good at keeping your respiratory droplets and particles from infecting others. A mask can also be somewhat effective in preventing germs from getting into your nose and mouth that come from another person’s respiratory droplets.
Face Masks FAQs
The most recent recommendations related to prevention against the spread of COVID-19 include wearing cloth masks as an added measure of protection, particularly in areas of significant transmission.
Pretty much every major medical institution will tell you the same thing. But it's a free country, so you can certainly choose to ignore the experts and take the advice of some anonymous truck drivers on an internet forum.
Considering the fact that there are experts on both sides of this issue, and many health organizations have been politicized, I think I would put more faith in the opinion of a truck driver who is capable of seeing the irony if this abatement:
Than one who can't.
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Yeah I don’t bother with that nonsense either
I do it more for others than for myself. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What it really seems like is that the institutions don't really know...
Yes, and even an anonymous person can post that information on an internet forum.
The failure of the scientific literature to support medical masks for influenza and all other viruses, is also why Fauci, the US Surgeon General, the CDC, WHO, and pretty much every infectious disease expert stated that wearing masks won't prevent transmission of SARS CoV-2. Although the public health "authorities" flipped, flopped, and later changed their recommendations, the science did not change, nor did new science appear that supported the wearing of masks in public. In fact, the most recent systemic analysis once again confirms that masks are ineffective in preventing the transmission of viruses like CoVID-19.
From the CDC:
Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures
Face Masks
Figure 2. Meta-analysis of risk ratios for the effect of face mask use with or without enhanced hand hygiene on laboratory-confirmed influenza from 10 randomized controlled trials with >6,500 participants. A) Face mask...In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks
We go out to a local restaurant/bar with a large outdoor area twice a week. This is in an effort to support them and hope that they stay in business. Besides that they have great food, service, and ambience. They, like every other establishment are required by the State to mask wearing, but only when walking around. All the employees wear them. The mask wearing quite honestly is a joke with people touching, adjusting, lifting them up etc. We abide by the mask wearing rules as we want to support them. Funny thing is one of our favorite bartenders is a 34 year old vegan in great shape. She has expressed to us that she has developed breathing problems from wearing the mask at work, has trouble with sleeping and anxiety. She also has had COVID and recovered.
How long will we be "required" to wear masks? Why don't we wear masks for the flu?
"The CoVID-19 pandemic is about viral transmission. Surgical and cloth masks do nothing to prevent viral transmission. We should all realize by now that face masks have never been shown to prevent or protect against viral transmission. Which is exactly why they have never been recommended for use during the seasonal flu outbreak, epidemics, or previous pandemics."
Just another internet expert with an opinion...
Read post 16111 and the previous article.
A lowly former manager no longer, you have achieved honorary truck driver statusJust another internet expert with an opinion...
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
The election is over ... all the left-wing hand-wringing is over.
Carry on.
Jumpin Jack Flash
Troll
253,697 dead Americans, 11.642+ million infected. 1,045 deaths already today. Yesterday saw the state of Texas les in deaths with 78 and led in newly infected with 11,879. The state of Texas is getting rocked by Covid19. El Paso has run out of hospital beds, and are using Austin hospital beds. Some Texas hospitals have what is called the “pit” where those with Covid are sent to die.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
The overweight should be more careful.
Jumpin Jack Flash
Troll
Not if they can get the same cocktail President Trump got. Of course the cocktail Trump got isn’t even claiming to be the 90%+ vaccine. Trump lied about having Covid19, he’s overweight
Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Trump said he’d fix our immigration problem...
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Personal responsibility. They had months to shed major amounts of weight.
It will be fine
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What is that? 4-5 people?
